Hyo Jong Choi

Practice Areas

Mr. Choi is currently a partner and the head of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Team at Lin Law Firm. Mr. Choi has advised and litigated numerous corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy cases, including Ssangyong Motor, Tongyang Group, Woongjin Group, STX Pan Ocean, Kyungnam Enterprises, Anseong Q Golf Course, Hanjin Shipping, Korea Line and Eastar Jet, and has published several insolvency law articles in major Korean legal journals, as well as been invited to various external organizations, including the Supreme Court, Seoul Rehabilitation Court, Seoul National University Law School, Seoul District Bar Association, and the Korea Association of Business Executives, as a lecturer and a speaker on insolvency law. In particular, Mr. Choi has been involved in all of Korea's most prominent landmark rehabilitation M&A cases since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, including serving as the head of acquisition legal advisory for Eastar Jet, where he actively assisted the buyer in its successful acquisition, and Ssangyong Motors in its M&A process, where he served as the lead legal advisor to the buyer. These accomplishments have solidified Mr. Choi's reputation as one of the foremost lawyers in the field of insolvency law in Korea.

Career

Partner, Lin Law Firm (2023-Present); Corporate Bankruptcy Trustee of Seoul Bankruptcy Court (2023~Present); Auditor of Insolvency Law Institute of Korea (2021- Present); Partner, DR & AJU, LLC (2018-2023); Director, Legal Department, Homeplus (2016-2017); Attorney at Shin & Kim (2005-2015).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar.

Publications

Economic Analysis of Collateralized Trusts, Focusing on the Problem of Insolvency Insulation (Korean Society of Law and Economics) (2023); Relationship between Pre-Approval M&A in the Form of Third Party Allotment and Article 27 of the Sports Facilities Act (Insolvency Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 2) (2021); Some Issues in the Practice of Construction Company Rehabilitation Proceedings, Focusing on Joint Receiver Relationships (Insolvency Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1) (2021); Remarks on the Treatment of Formation Rights in Insolvency Proceedings (Insolvency Law Research, Vol. 10, No. 2) (2020); Empirical Study on Golf Course Rehabilitation Proceedings in the 2010s (Law Society of Korea No. 732) (2018); Opinion on the Recognition of a Claim for Direct Implementation of a New Credit Provision Resolution under the Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act (Law Society of Korea No. 705) (2015); Focusing on the Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act and DIP Principles (BFL No. 64, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law) (2014); Current Status of Corporate Rehabilitation Procedures and Proposals for Improvement (Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Vol 1 Judicial Development Foundation) (2012); Korea Chapter in Getting the Deal Through - Restructuring and Insolvency (co-authored) (2010)

Education